"As I sit in on the classes at my old high school, I see how the younger generation's attitude towards gays is more open and accepting than that of their predecessors," Batiuk, whose strip has also touched on teen pregnancy, suicide, cancer and alcoholism among other hot-button issues since it began running in 1972, said.
The visit is most valuable because it gives prospective students an opportunity to talk to undergraduates, meet with faculty or even sit in on a class.
His wi Lillie, 85, frequently sits in on his classes.
For a section on bones, Aldersey-Williams sits in on an art class at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art at Oxford, "the only art school in the country that requires its students to draw from anatomy," where he excellently describes a cadaver head as "like a gargoyle".
Writer meets Dr. Margareta Bowen and her husband David, and sits in on their class.
If you know in advance what you will be teaching, it is a good idea to sit in on the same classes taught by experienced teachers and get an idea of what you will have to do.
Robert R. Moody, the chairman of the Sommelier Society, sat in on the class.
Jeremie sat in on the class a few times and then helped Christian think about how his behavior affected his friends and could damage his future.
When you pull into the gravel-covered parking lot and enter the grounds, you take in the old farmhouse, the weathered barnlike theatres, and the cabins for students who are there for summer programs, some of whom sit in groups on the grass, in between classes, or go through phrases from a piece they're learning, or just rest in the shade.
To find out if a potential school's expectations match your own learning goals, ask: Perhaps one of the best things you can do during your college search is sit in on one of the classes.
Fourteen years later, as an idealistic young law student, Mr. Jones skipped classes to sit in on the trial of Robert Chambliss, a member of the Ku Klux Klan who had long been suspected in the bombing.
